Set side the fact that had Russia helped a Democrat win an election there would be heads exploding. But since it’s Trump we are supposed to just pretend it didn’t happen or doesn’t matter.

It matters because it’s preventable, and what both sides have managed to do is to make it a partisan issue instead of addressing the underlying problem, that being how easily Russia was able to use social media and other electronic mediums to interfere . Whether or not there was collusion isn’t the primary issue from today’s reports, acting on them is. Because next time it could be the reverse and a Democrat cold be helped.

Set side the fact that had Russia helped a Democrat win an election there would be heads exploding. But since it’s Trump we are supposed to just pretend it didn’t happen or doesn’t matter.

It matters because it’s preventable, and what both sides have managed to do is to make it a partisan issue instead of addressing the underlying problem, that being how easily Russia was able to use social media and other electronic mediums to interfere . Whether or not there was collusion isn’t the primary issue from today’s reports, acting on them is. Because next time it could be the reverse and a Democrat cold be helped.

The Russians didn't think Trump was going to win. Nobody did. Right up until election night, virtually all of the world's biggest brainiac stats nerds were united in confidently predicting that Clinton would comfortably cruise to victory.

That being the case I really don't believe the Russians thought their little social media propaganda campaign would actually make a difference in the outcome of the election. They were just trying to foment dissension in the electorate at large by trolling and antagonizing Trump supporters, who they expected to be the losers, to make them more discontented with the outcome and less supportive of the president, who they expected to be Clinton.